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Pfizer COVID jab OK as booster after full approval: FDA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 01:18 PM

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine can be used as a booster shot once it receives full authorization. Read more »

Halos 100 pct bakunado na ng first dose sa Maynila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 09:14 AM

Halos tapos na ang pagtuturok ng unang dose ng bakuna kontra-COVID sa Lungsod ng Maynila. Read more »

No reason to suspend Moderna use in PH: FDA

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 08:59 AM

The batches of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that the Philippines received were manufactured separately from the ones being investigated in Japan. Read more »

Metro Manila eyes COVID vaccination for non-residents: official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 12:02 PM

Metro Manila is considering accommodating non-residents for COVID-19 vaccination, the representative of its council said Monday. Read more »

Robredo: Getting jabbed vs COVID an act of heroism

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 08:31 AM

Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is an act of heroism as the country fights the pandemic, Vice-President Leni Robredo said. Read more »

MMDA chief: NCR mayors preparing for granular lockdowns

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 07:25 PM

The MMDA has begun identifying areas deemed "contagious and infectious." Read more »

PH logs record-high fresh COVID-19 cases

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 04:19 PM

Manila Health Department staff vaccinate market workers and vendors at Blumentritt Market in Santa Cruz, Manila on Saturday Read more »

Sinovac less effective at curbing elderly deaths- study

Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 28 10:10 AM

AstraZeneca was found to be better at preventing infections, with a 70 per cent lower risk compared to 54 per cent for Sinovac. Research tracked nearly 61 million people who have received one of the two vaccines, but it has not been peer-reviewed. Read more »

US CDC: Vaccines can bring COVID pandemic under control

Willard Cheng and Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 02:08 PM

Dr. John MacArthur, CDC Southeast Asia regional director, said vaccinations can rein in the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

COVID patients at Medical City South Luzon unvaccinated

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 09:09 AM

Patients brought to the hospital required oxygen, as the cases ranged from moderate to critical, a Medical City South Luzon official said. Read more »

DBM: No funds ready for COVID-19 booster shots in 2022

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 09:55 PM

This, as lawmakers have started questioning the government’s spending priorities in 2022 as the House Committee on Appropriations began its deliberations on the 2022 National Expenditure Program. Read more »

'Time is running out to trace COVID-19 origins'

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 26 02:44 PM

International scientists who took part in a WHO probe into the origins of COVID-19 say time is running out to find answers. Read more »

Over 200 stranded passengers allowed to sail to Masbate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 03:24 PM

Over 200 passengers stranded at a port in Pio Duran, Albay were allowed to sail to Masbate, a lawmaker said Thursday. Read more »

Japan halts use of 1.63 million Moderna vaccine doses

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 26 02:19 PM

The ministry said it believes the risk of safety issues is "not significant," but will ask each facility that received the doses not to use them. Read more »

J&J says second dose of COVID vaccine boosts protection

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 26 08:11 AM

In two clinical studies that have not yet been peer-reviewed, the additional shot evoked a nine-fold increase in antibodies to the coronavirus, the company said in a news release. Read more »

PH gets add'l 362,700 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 11:26 PM

The Philippines on Wednesday night took delivery of 362,700 additional COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer. Read more »

Active COVID-19 cases in NCR rise amid vaccination

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 11:37 PM

(UPDATED) Active COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila jumped five-fold from mid-July to Monday, Aug. 23. Read more »

Pagpapatigil sa MPA para sa COVID-19 vaccines ng LGUs inalmahan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 07:11 PM

Pinasisilip ang pasya ng IATF na pigilan ang pagpasok ng LGUs sa mga kasunduan para makakuha ng sariling suplay ng COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

COVID-19 jab protection wanes within 6 months— UK study

Reuters
Posted at Aug 25 05:20 PM

Protection against COVID-19 offered by Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fade within 6 months, a UK study found. Read more »

Kazakhstan bans unvaccinated from malls, restos

Reuters
Posted at Aug 25 04:48 PM

Kazakhstan said it would ban unvaccinated people from shopping malls, restaurants and cafes on weekends in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19. Read more »